Go Back Research Article November, 2011

Engaging with the Bailey Review: blogging, academia and authenticity

Author Feona Attwood Author Meg-John Barker Author Sara Bragg Author Jan Macvarish Author Alan McKee Author Sharif Mowlabocus

Abstract

This article reproduces and discusses a series of blog posts posted by academics in anticipation of the report on commercialisation, sexualisation and childhood, ‘Letting Children Be Children’ by Reg Bailey for the UK Department of Education in June 2011. The article discusses the difficulty of ‘translating’ scholarly work for the public in a context where ‘impact’ is increasingly important and the challenges that academics face in finding new ways of speaking about sex in public.

Keywords

bailey review letting children be children blogging academia authenticity commercialisation sexualisation childhood department of education public discourse impact academic communication speaking about sex translation of scholarly work uk policy sex media representation academic blogging sexualisation of children
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Volume 3
Issue 1
Pages 69-94
DOI 10.1080/19419899.2011.627698
ISSN 1941-9902
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